ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,948, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Depth control systems for recessed luminaires" was invented by Westly Davis Hetrick (Atlanta), Tanmay Ravindra Joshi (Pune, India), Russell Bryant Green (Douglasville, Ga.) and Jyoti Kumar (Tyrone, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A depth control system for a recessed luminaire can include a frame having multiple slots and a first light source receiving feature disposed therein. The depth control system can also include a carriage slidably coupled to the frame, where the carriage includes an adjustment device receiving feature and a second light s...